LIMA, Feb 7 (NNN-ANDINA) — Defense Minister Jorge Chavez Cresta expressed indignation at the participation of a Peruvian Army non-commissioned officer in the illegal sale of weapons to criminal groups such as the so-called “Los Patrones de Ventanilla.”
“As a soldier, I am outraged,” Chavez Cresta emphasized, as he noted that disciplinary measures are being taken in this regard.
The minister reported that the results of the audit carried out after the appearance of war grenades in criminal acts in Lima’s San Juan de Lurigancho district have been delivered to the Prosecutor’s Office.
This action ended 15 days ago, and the Defense Ministry’s Attorney Office transferred this information to the Prosecutor’s Office, which accounts for “alleged irregularities” in the loss of said products.
On the other hand, Minister Chavez Cresta indicated that the measures to be adopted in Peru’s northern La Libertad region against crime “must be different and sustainable over time” in order to be effective.
Within this framework, the high-ranking official noted that the Armed Forces participation is based on the requirements of the Peruvian National Police.
In that sense, the minister said that an eventual declaration of emergency must unfold that way.
Thus, he deemed it necessary to count on “the participation of the population and of the farming patrols.”
In this regard, Chavez Cresta said that he and Interior Minister Victor Torres are going to convene these organizations so as to establish what can be done with the aim of solving the citizen insecurity problem in that area of the country. — NNN-ANDINA
